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HANA PIRANHA - SINGLE REVIEW

Always intriguing and engaging,
Hana Piranha is back with another single ahead of the debut album and this time
it's got a big, big sound. 'Back Again' is full of huge, distorted Placebo-esque
guitars playing almost Eastern European sounding melodies and pounding drums
that sound like they want to break down some walls. Hana Piranha's vocal
performance is part PJ Harvey and part Courtney Love with a real sense of
menace and mischief behind the delivery. There are some trademark violins which
I'm not sure really work on this song but the upshot is that is music for dominatrix
(and yes that is the proper plural term, I Googled it and everything) their
clients who love all things abrasive. That last sentence was intended as a
compliment by the way, just to clarify that.

More information: http://www.hanapiranha.com/

Live Dates:

7th May - New Cross Inn, London (FREE)

9th May - Great Escape Festival @ The Tube, Brighton

13th May - Forty Two, Worthing

26th May - SOWK, Richmond (ACOUSTIC)

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